ما يُنالُ بِهِ خَيرُ الدُّنيا وَالآخِرَةِ / How the Good of this World and the Hereafter is Obtained

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There are four things which when given to someone, they have indeed been given the good of this world and the Hereafter: a persevering body, a remembering tongue, a thankful heart and a righteous wife.’
[Mustadrak al-Wasail, v. 2, p. 414, no. 2338]

14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There are three things which if one possesses, they have been endowed with the good of this world and the Hereafter. They are: contentment with
[Allah’s] decree, patience in the face of tribulation, and thankfulness in times of ease.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4670]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah – glory be to Him - does not give His servant any good of this world or the Hereafter except as a result of his good nature and good intention.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 9670]

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There are four things which when given to someone, they have indeed been given the good of this world and the Hereafter: truthful speech, fulfilment of trust, restraint in
[filling] one’s stomach, and a good nature.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 2142]

17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Goodness does not lie in the increase of your wealth and of your progeny, rather goodness lies in the increase of your knowledge, and the heightening of your clemency, and in your vying with other people in the worship of Allah. If you do good then you should praise Allah, but if you commit evil then seek forgiveness from Allah.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 94]

إذا أرادَ اللّه‏ُ بِعَبدٍ خَيراً / When Allah Wants Good for a Servant

19– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a servant, He makes him proficient in the knowledge of religion, induces him to abstain from the world and gives him insight into his own faults.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 80, no. 3]

21– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a servant, He sweetens his affairs’, at which he was asked, ‘How does He sweeten affairs?’ The Prophet (SAWA) replied, ‘He opens the way for him to do righteous deeds before his death and causes him to die in the state of doing good.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30763]

23– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily when Allah wants good for a servant, He marks his heart with a white spot so that his heart is occupied with seeking the truth, then He is faster at fulfilling your needs than a bird flying to its nest.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 292, no. 2]

إذا أرادَ اللّه‏ُ بِقَومٍ خَيراً / If Allah Wants Good for a Community

24– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a community, He increases their scholars and decreases their ignorant ones, so when the scholar speaks, he finds supporters, but when the ignorant one speaks, he is defeated.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28692]

26– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a household, He makes them proficient in the knowledge of religion, He causes the younger ones from among them to revere the elders, He bestows them with moderation in their livelihood and with economy in their spending, He gives them insight into their faults, thus causing them to repent, and when He wants other than that
[i.e. good for them] then He leaves them unattended.’

37– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily good and evil can only be known through people, so if you want to know good then do good and you will know its people, and if you want to know evil then commit evil and you will know its people.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 41, no. 26]

38– It is narrated in the tradition recounting the Prophet’s Ascension to the Heavens (al-mi`araj) that Allah addresses the Prophet (SAWA) saying, ‘O Ahmad, Verily the good people and the people worthy of a good Hereafter have gentle countenances and much modesty, they possess little foolishness, they are of much benefit and they are seldom deceptive. People are at ease when with them whereas their souls are exhausted on account of them. Their words are balanced, they take account of their souls and exhaust them
[through making them perform good]. Their eyes sleep but their hearts do not, their eyes weep and their hearts are remembering. When people are recorded as being neglectful, they are recorded amongst the remembering ones… Nothing preoccupies them from Allah for a split second. They do not desire much food, neither wish to speak much nor have many clothes. According to them, people are dead and Allah is the Living One, the All-Sustainer.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 24, no. 6]

41– Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘Better than good is its doer, more beautiful than beautiful words is the one who says them and weightier than knowledge is the one who carries it.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 370, no. 4]

قيمَةُ الدَّلالةِ عَلَى الخَيرِ / The Worth of One Who Guides Towards Good